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Location: Vegetable Garden

The Vegetable Garden is nestled against the steep slope that leads up to Mulberry Row. The two-acre Vegetable Garden evolved over many years, culminating in a 1000 foot long series of twenty-four "squares," or growing plots, with an extra square reserved for asparagus and additional border plots.

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The Historic Monticello Mountaintop

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A view looking down into Monticello's vegetable garden terrace with the Garden Pavilion in the middle and Montalto in the background.

Vegetable Garden

The two-acre Vegetable Garden evolved over many years, culminating in a 1000 foot long series of twenty-four "squares," or growing plots.

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The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Moutaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Select a House Tour 
Flowers of various types and colors line both sides of a curving path in tight bunches.

Garden Tours

Seasonal guided outdoor tours of the flower, vegetable, and fruit gardens focus on Jefferson’s lifelong interest in horticulture and the labors of enslaved people who turned his ideas into reality.

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A view of Monticello's West front and West Lawn with tall flowers in the foreground.

West Lawn

The "back of the Nickel" view of Monticello includes a Winding Flower Walk and Oval Beds planted with heirloom varieties.

Grounds Ticket 

East Lawn

Monticello's East Lawn is a historic entrance to the Main House. All timed tickets meet here.

Mountaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

Aerial of Monticello's David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, which feature several smaller buildings connected around a central courtyard.

Visitor Center

The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center serves as the gateway to Jefferson's timeless Monticello, with a shop, a café, and exhibits that prepare guests for their trips to the historic mountaintop.

Visitor Center Map 

The Historic Monticello Mountaintop

A view looking down into Monticello's vegetable garden terrace with the Garden Pavilion in the middle and Montalto in the background.

Vegetable Garden

The two-acre Vegetable Garden evolved over many years, culminating in a 1000 foot long series of twenty-four "squares," or growing plots.

Learn More 
The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Select a House Tour 

Moutaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Select a House Tour 
Flowers of various types and colors line both sides of a curving path in tight bunches.

Garden Tours

Seasonal guided outdoor tours of the flower, vegetable, and fruit gardens focus on Jefferson’s lifelong interest in horticulture and the labors of enslaved people who turned his ideas into reality.

Learn More 
A view of Monticello's West front and West Lawn with tall flowers in the foreground.

West Lawn

The "back of the Nickel" view of Monticello includes a Winding Flower Walk and Oval Beds planted with heirloom varieties.

Grounds Ticket 

East Lawn

Monticello's East Lawn is a historic entrance to the Main House. All timed tickets meet here.

Mountaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

Aerial of Monticello's David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, which feature several smaller buildings connected around a central courtyard.

Visitor Center

The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center serves as the gateway to Jefferson's timeless Monticello, with a shop, a café, and exhibits that prepare guests for their trips to the historic mountaintop.

Visitor Center Map